"This ASEAN-US Summit is being held following ASEANs new strategic partnership with the US, reached last year," Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said at the Presidential Palace on Monday.
The summit, she said, will be used to implement an action plan regarding the framework of cooperation between ASEAN and the US.
The agenda of President Jokowi during his visit to the US is still being discussed with other ministers in the cabinet.
"We are in the process to finalize all the programs," Retno stated.
Based on the data from ASEAN Secretariat, at the latest ASEAN-US Summit 2015 in Malaysia, both parties had agreed to take the dialogue to a strategic level.
The strategic partnership will be realized through the implementation of ASEAN-US action plan for 2016-2020.
The action plan will support three pillars of ASEAN Community and five priority areas, including economic integration, maritime cooperation, inter-nation challenges including climate change, as well as the empowerment of women and children.(*)
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